“I really don’t know what you think is going on, or that you are actually aware of all of the regulations?”
Expert at these laws. Expert. Unlike you, I don’t just follow corporate policy and think that is the law. I read the law, not just follow corporate memos.
This is why people job hop. You get low balled take the job and start looking for your next job on their dime. F-— ‘em.
So, I'm guessing that you are actually unaware of the federal labor laws as detailed in the Code of Federal Regulations, the personnel policies as set forth by the Office of Personnel Management, etc. Otherwise, you would have recognized by the fact that I stated that I refer to these resources extensively (along with the HR people and the JAG office) that I am not corporate and have no corporate policies to follow, and that I follow federal law exclusively.
Under *federal* law, it is perfectly legal for a candidate who has received a job offer to make a counteroffer and provide their previous salary as a bargaining chip.
The fact that you dislike the idea that employer and prospective employee should be able to bargain the terms of employment compensation does not, in fact, make such a practice illegal--or even immoral.